Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
Breaking the Retention Crisis: Cognitive Rumination and Psychological Fortitude as Predictors of Departure Inclination Among Psychiatric Nurses in Egypt
ABSTRACT Background Psychiatric nurses are essential to the provision of mental health care, but they are especially prone to workplace stressors, causing an escalating retention crisis worldwide and negatively affecting their mental health. Methods A descriptive cross‐sectional correlational research design was conducted among psychiatric nurses working in Port Said and New Damietta Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Hospitals, Egypt. A convenience sample of 265 nurses was recruited. Data were collected using t …